Chapter 41 Union Territories

599. What three categories of territories does the territory of India comprise under Article 1 of the Constitution?

600. How many states and union territories are there in India currently?

601. What is the relationship between states and the Centre in the Indian federal system?

602. How are union territories administered, and what is their relationship with the Central government?

603. What were ‘scheduled districts’ later known as during British Rule?

604. How were these territories classified in the Constitution after independence?

605. When were these territories constituted as ‘union territories’, and by which Acts?

606. Which former union territories were later elevated to statehood?

607. Which territories acquired from the Portuguese and French were constituted as union territories?

608. What are the eight Union Territories and their years of creation?

609. What was Lakshadweep known as until 1973?

610. When was Delhi redesignated as the National Capital Territory of Delhi?

611. What was Puducherry known as until 2006?

612. What are the reasons for the creation of union territories?

613. What were the reasons given by the central government for the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into two separate union territories in 2019?

614. When were the union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu merged into a single union territory?

615. What were the reasons given by the central government for the merger of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu?

616. Which Articles in Part VIII of the Constitution deal with the union territories?

617. How is every union territory administered?

618. What is the status of an administrator of a union territory?

619. What are the designations for an administrator of a union territory?

620. What is the current designation for the administrator in Delhi, Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh?

621. What is the current designation for the administrator in Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, and Lakshadweep?

622. Can the President appoint the governor of a state as the administrator of an adjoining union territory?

623. How does a governor act when appointed as an administrator of a union territory?

624. Which Union Territories are provided with a legislative assembly and a council of ministers?

625. Do the remaining six union territories have popular political institutions like a legislative assembly?

626. Does the establishment of local legislatures in union territories diminish the supreme control of the President and Parliament?

627. What is the Parliament’s power to make laws for union territories?

628. What is the legislative power of the legislative assembly of Puducherry?

629. What is the legislative power of the legislative assembly of Delhi?

630. What is the legislative power of the legislative assembly of Jammu and Kashmir?

631. What power does the President have to make regulations for certain union territories?

632. When can the President legislate by making regulations for Puducherry?

633. What is the force and effect of a regulation made by the President for union territories?

634. Can the Parliament establish a high court for a union territory?

635. Which is the only union territory that has a high court of its own?

636. Which High Court has jurisdiction over the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu?

637. Which High Courts have jurisdiction over Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Lakshadweep, and Puducherry respectively?

638. What is the common high court for the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh?

639. Does the Constitution contain separate provisions for the administration of acquired territories?

640. Do the constitutional provisions for the administration of union territories apply to acquired territories?

641. What special status was provided to the Union Territory of Delhi by the 69th Constitutional Amendment Act of 1991?

642. What institutions were created for Delhi by the 69th Constitutional Amendment Act?

643. What is the strength of the Delhi assembly, and how are its members elected?

644. Who conducts the elections for the Delhi assembly?

645. What matters can the Delhi assembly make laws on?

646. What is the rule if there is a conflict between laws made by the Parliament and the Delhi Assembly?

647. What is the strength of the council of ministers in Delhi?

648. Who appoints the chief minister and other ministers in Delhi?

649. What is the tenure of the ministers in Delhi?

650. To whom is the council of ministers in Delhi collectively responsible?

651. What is the role of the council of ministers in aiding and advising the lt. governor in Delhi?

her ministers in Delhi?

653. What can the President do if the constitutional machinery fails in Delhi?

654. What power does the lt. governor have regarding ordinances during the recess of the assembly?

655. What is the force of an ordinance promulgated by the lt. governor?

656. What is required for an ordinance promulgated by the lt. governor to remain in force?

657. Can the lt. governor withdraw an ordinance?

658. When can the lt. governor not promulgate or withdraw an ordinance?

659. Which ministry is the nodal ministry for all matters of Union Territories under the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules 1961?

660. What is the forum for UTs without legislature, and who chairs it?

661. What is the executive head of Andaman and Nicobar Islands?

662. What is the judiciary for Andaman and Nicobar Islands?

663. What is the executive head of Chandigarh?

664. What is the judiciary for Chandigarh?

665. What is the executive head of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu?

666. What is the judiciary for Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu?

667. What are the executive heads of Delhi?

668. What is the legislature for Delhi?

669. What is the judiciary for Delhi?

670. What is the executive head of Lakshadweep?

671. What is the judiciary for Lakshadweep?

672. What are the executive heads of Puducherry?

673. What is the legislature for Puducherry?

674. What is the judiciary for Puducherry?

675. What are the executive heads of Jammu and Kashmir?

676. What is the legislature for Jammu and Kashmir?

677. What is the judiciary for Jammu and Kashmir?

678. What is the executive head of Ladakh?

679. What is the judiciary for Ladakh?

680. What is the nature of the relationship with the Centre for States versus Union Territories?

681. What is the distribution of power for States versus Union Territories?

682. What is the level of autonomy for States versus Union Territories?

683. What is the uniformity in administrative set-up for States versus Union Territories?

684. What is the executive head known as for States versus Union Territories?

685. What is the constitutional head for States versus Union Territories?

686. What is the Parliament’s power to make laws on state list subjects for States versus Union Territories?

687. Which Article of the Constitution deals with the Administration of Union territories?

688. Which Article of the Constitution deals with the Creation of local Legislatures or Council of Ministers or both for certain Union territories?

689. Which Article of the Constitution deals with Special provisions with respect to Delhi?

690. Which Article of the Constitution deals with Provision in case of failure of constitutional machinery for Union territories?

691. Which Article of the Constitution deals with the Power of administrator to promulgate Ordinances during recess of Legislature?

692. Which Article of the Constitution deals with the Power of President to make regulations for certain Union territories?

693. Which Article of the Constitution deals with High Courts for Union territories?

694. Which Article of the Constitution dealt with Coorg (now repealed)?